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Re his publishing the plays of John Day and [Thomas] Dekker, Mar. 15, n.y.
Bullen to an unidentified recipient, concerning publishing and printing details of his edition of the Works of John Day (1881). Bullen regrets that the edition was not bound in two volumes and notes several problems in the printing of the book. Autograph letter, signed. 1884: January 10. 4 pages.
Arthur Henry Bullen, often known as A. H. Bullen, (9 February 1857, London - 29 February 1920, Stratford-on-Avon) was an English editor and publisher, a specialist in 16th and 17th century literature, and founder of the Shakespeare Head Press, which for its first decades was a publisher of fine editions in the tradition of the Kelmscott Press. His father George Bullen (d. 1894) was librarian at the British Museum. A. H. Bullen's interest in Elizabethan dramatists and poets started at the City of London School, before he went to Worcester College, Oxford to study classics. His publishing career began with a scholarly edition of the Works of John Day in 1881.
Contents include Sir Gyles Goosecappe, The Wisdome of Dr. Dodypoll, The Distracted Emperor and The Tryall of Chevalry. Arthur Henry Bullen, often known as A. H. Bullen, (1857- 1920) was an English editor and publisher, and a specialist in 16th and 17th century literature. A. H. Bullen's interest in Elizabethan dramatists and poets started at the City of London School, before he went to Worcester College, Oxford to study classics. His publishing career began with a scholarly edition of the Works of John Day in 1881 and continued with a series of English Dramatists and a sevenvolume set of Old English Plays, some of which he had discovered in manuscript and published for the first time. He was...
A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen Pedr. Gentlemen, y'have much honourd me to takeSuch entertainement, but y'are welcome all.'Twas my desire to have your companyAt parting: heaven knowes when we shall meete againe. Ten. You are for France then too? Man. I wayte on my father. Pedr. Henrico. Ferd. Eleonora. Ten. But how chance, Manuell, your younger brother Is at the Goale before you? What, no Lady To please your eye? Man. I am notYet weary of my freedome. May HenricoMeete Joy in his Election: yet I know notOne I would sooner chuse to call a sisterThan Eleonora. Pedr. At my returne from France all things shall beeConsummate; in meane time let your owne h...
This volume contains all the plays and poems; the plays are arranged in the chronological order of their composition. This volume also contains John Aubrey's 'Brief life of Shakespeare'; a biography of Sir John Gilbert; an account of 'The Shakespeare Head Press ed.', and a glossary.